Compensation Consultant - Classification & Pay Equity

AlphaGov; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first with travel

Project-based contract

Job summary

AlphaGov is seeking an experienced compensation consultant to lead job analysis, evaluation, and market pricing for large public sector workforces. You will conduct pay equity analyses, build pay ranges, and estimate implementation costs, while presenting findings to executive leadership and boards.

The role is remote-first with occasional client travel, and engagements are project-based (1099). You will contribute to proposals and potentially be named as expert collaborators when authorized.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in classification and compensation, including public-sector employers.
• Experience with pay equity or internal equity analysis.
• Hands-on project-based consulting on contract basis (1099).

Responsibilities

• Lead job analysis using questionnaires, interviews, and job description updates.
• Apply point-factor or similar job evaluation methods and build classification structures.
• Conduct market salary surveys and benchmark jobs against peer public employers.
• Run pay equity and internal alignment analyses and recommend remedies.
• Build pay ranges, implementation cost estimates, and appeal processes.
• Present findings to executive leadership, unions, and governing boards.

Skills

7+ years in classification and pay

Public-sector compensation

Pay equity analysis

1099 project-based

Job description

AlphaGov delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, and applied data and infrastructure research.

We engage experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel. When you authorize it, AlphaGov may name you as an expert collaborator or key personnel on proposals that match your expertise. We build ready teams for live pursuits - not speculative staffing banks.

AlphaGov is building a bench of compensation consultants for classification, compensation, and pay equity studies for cities, counties, transit authorities, utilities, and special districts. You would lead job analysis, job evaluation, market pricing, and pay equity analysis for large public workforces.

We confirm scope, schedule, and fee with you before any engagement begins.

What you’ll do

• Lead job analysis using position questionnaires, interviews, and job description updates
• Apply point-factor or similar job evaluation methods and build classification structures
• Conduct market salary surveys and benchmark jobs against peer public employers
• Run pay equity and internal alignment analyses and recommend remedies
• Build pay ranges, implementation cost estimates, and appeal processes
• Present findings to executive leadership, unions, and governing boards
• Contribute qualifications and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when you authorize naming

Requirements

Required

• At least 7 years in classification and compensation, including public-sector employers
• Hands-on job evaluation and market pricing for large position inventories
• Experience with pay equity or internal equity analysis
• Comfortable as a 1099 project-based consultant

Nice to have

• Classification or compensation work for a transit authority or utility
• Experience with represented workforces and collective bargaining
• CCP, SHRM-SCP, or SPHR certification